Lauren Garafano
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Jul 23, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Buzzfeed
- Top 5K sites
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- Jul 5, 2026
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Former Patients Revealed What It Was Like To Be In A Coma, And Holy Crap (opens the original)
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I'm an Associate Editor on BuzzFeed's Pop Culture team who spends my days fangirling over all my favorite TV shows and movies. Some stories deal with topics like suicide. "Here are some things about her experience: She doesn't have any memories of the year prior or the year and a half-ish after her coma, and obviously no memories of the car crash. She suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and when she first got out of the coma, she would get naked and have sex with people and get angry very e
People Are Revealing The Wildest Things That Happened At The Doctor's Office, And Wowww (opens the original)
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I'm an Associate Editor on BuzzFeed's Pop Culture team who spends my days fangirling over all my favorite TV shows and movies. "The most embarrassing part: About six months later, my class was playing kickball on the baseball field outside our school. The field had been resurfaced, and I think some chemicals had been added to treat the dirt. A strong wind gust blew a cloud of that dirt into my face, and I started yelling, ‘I smell sleeping gas!’ Then, in front of the whole class, I started vomit
People Are Anonymously Sharing Their Potentially "Life-Ending" Secrets, And Holy Freaking Crap (opens the original)
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I'm an Associate Editor on BuzzFeed's Pop Culture team who spends my days fangirling over all my favorite TV shows and movies. Some confessions are also from this thread. Some stories deal with topics like abuse, addiction, and suicide. "Before I know it, I'm on top of the guy, making out with him on his girlfriend's (aka my BEST FRIEND'S) couch. I don't know how long it was, but we stopped once he got a text that they were coming back in an Uber. Anyway, it's been six months now. She moved away
Mothers And Fathers Are Anonymously Sharing Why They Wish They Never Had Kids (opens the original)
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I'm an Associate Editor on BuzzFeed's Pop Culture team who spends my days fangirling over all my favorite TV shows and movies. Some submissions deal with topics like sexual abuse, drug use, and suicide. "She had no education, so no job prospects. Every penny my wife made for three years went to feed her daughter and her kids. My wife chose suicide when she couldn’t take the pain anymore. I’ve been supporting my stepdaughter for 12 years and counting. The only saving grace is that her kid, my ste
Former "Side Pieces" Are Revealing Why They Had Affairs With People In Relationships (opens the original)
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I'm an Associate Editor on BuzzFeed's Pop Culture team who spends my days fangirling over all my favorite TV shows and movies. Some stories deal with topics like abuse. "Of course, he did not. He only saw his projected image of me, this perfect partner he needed to affirm his midlife crisis. He did not see how this imbalanced relationship, such as it was, put me at a disadvantage, how his gifts and flattery made me feel like a pawn in his game, or like I had a role to perform for him. I ended up
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